Thomas Nast portrayed Boss William Tweed as a vulture feeding on the city of New York because Tweed had cheated the city out of huge amounts of money. This depiction highlighted Tweed's corrupt practices and his exploitation of the city's finances for personal gain, emphasizing his role as a predator rather than a protector of the city's interests.
Why did cartoonist Thomas Nast portray Boss William Tweed as a vulture feeding on the city of New York?
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because Tweed had controlled labor in the city
because Tweed had cheated the city out of huge amounts of money
because Tweed gave loans to the immigrants of the city but not others
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